“Get your wires crossed”
CommunicationDefinición
Malinterpretarse mutuamente o confundir la información.
English: To misunderstand each other or confuse information.
Ejemplos
Ejemplos
1 / 2“We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.”
Nos entendimos mal: yo pensaba que eras tú quien reservaba los billetes.
Use this idiom in context
Rewrite this example in plain English without the idiom. Preserve who is speaking, the time and the meaning.
We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.Compare with the original example
We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets.
Nos entendimos mal: yo pensaba que eras tú quien reservaba los billetes.
Write a two-line conversation using “Get your wires crossed”. Make the situation clear enough that a reader can infer the meaning. Then replace the idiom with a plain-English explanation: does your conversation still mean the same thing?
Check the expression in a dictionaryPreguntas frecuentes
- What does "Get your wires crossed" mean?
- "Get your wires crossed" means malinterpretarse mutuamente o confundir la información.
- How do you use "Get your wires crossed" in a sentence?
- Example: "We got our wires crossed: I thought you were booking the tickets."
- Should I interpret "Get your wires crossed" word for word?
- Understand the expression as a whole. Use the definition and example to learn its meaning rather than translating each word separately.